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Re: Types of Debian updates

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On Tue 27 Jul 2021 at 15:37:24 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 05:49:31PM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote:

[...]

> > Release
> 
> Major release. Strictly, Debian has several releases in play at any one
> time.

OK, if it relates to stable and oldstable.
 
> There is a section called Experimental which has a few packages but is not
> really a release - it's a staging area for experimental packages. Almost 
> certainly for developers only or people on the very bleeding edge.
> 
> There is always a subset of Debian that is Unstable - codename Sid.
> 
> There's a release that is Testing - currently Bullseye - which will be 
> Debian 11 when released.Under normal circumstances, packages would percolate
> from Unstable to Testing, but at the moment Testing is frozen for release
> when it's ready.

I wouldn't see experimental, unstable or testing as Releases.

> There's the stable branch: Currently Buster - Debian 10.10.

That's the present Release. To nitpick - I'd see buster as the one,
true Debian (for the next few weeks).

> There's oldstable - Debian 9 - and oldoldstable - Debian 8 under support
> as either LTS or ELTS.

This support is not engineered by Debian.

-- 
Brian.

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Types of Debian updates Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-07-27 17:10 +0200
  Re: Types of Debian updates Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-27 17:40 +0200
    Re: Types of Debian updates Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-28 23:30 +0200
  Re: Types of Debian updates "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-07-27 17:40 +0200
    Re: Types of Debian updates Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-07-27 19:20 +0200
  Re: Types of Debian updates Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2021-07-27 17:50 +0200

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